48 Bible Verses about Greed
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So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
He that hath an evil eye hasteth after wealth, and knoweth not that poverty shall come upon him.
But the Lord said to him, Now do ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but your inward parts are full of plunder and wickedness.
not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the avaricious and rapacious, or idolaters, since then ye should go out of the world.
For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
And he said to them, Take heed and keep yourselves from all covetousness, for it is not because a man is in abundance that his life is in his possessions.
But fornication and all uncleanness or unbridled lust, let it not be even named among you, as it becomes saints;
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely.
nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor abusive persons, nor the rapacious, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
For we have not at any time been among you with flattering discourse, even as ye know, nor with a pretext for covetousness, God is witness;
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him; I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on backslidingly in the way of his heart.
Put to death therefore your members which are upon the earth, fornication, uncleanness, vile passions, evil lust, and unbridled desire, which is idolatry.
shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily;
thefts, covetousness, wickednesses, deceit, licentiousness, a wicked eye, injurious language, haughtiness, folly;
But now I have written to you, if any one called brother be fornicator, or avaricious, or idolater, or abusive, or a drunkard, or rapacious, not to mix with him; with such a one not even to eat.
who having cast off all feeling, have given themselves up to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greedy unsatisfied lust.
The leech hath two daughters: Give, give. There are three things never satisfied; four which say not, It is enough:
The righteousness of the upright delivereth them; but the treacherous are taken in their own craving.
For this ye are well informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
And they come unto thee as a people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they do them not; for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their dishonest gain.
He that is puffed up in soul exciteth contention; but he that relieth upon Jehovah shall be made fat.
Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
He is like a lion that is greedy of its prey, and as a young lion lurking in secret places.
having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
And behold, I stretched out my hand over thee, and diminished thine appointed portion; and I gave thee over unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, who were confounded at thy lewd way.
And they called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah; because there they buried the people who lusted.
A king by just judgment establisheth the land; but he that taketh gifts overthroweth it.
being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil dispositions; whisperers,
Jehovah will preserve him, and keep him alive; he shall be made happy in the land; and thou wilt not deliver him to the will of his enemies.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of rapine and intemperance.
Because he knew no rest in his craving, he shall save nought of what he most desired.
And the mixed multitude that was among them lusted; and the children of Israel also wept again and said, Who will give us flesh to eat?
Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom: pride, fulness of bread, and careless ease was in her and in her daughters, but she did not strengthen the hand of the poor and needy.
But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow.
From Thematic Bible
balaam » besetting sin » greed
having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
greed » General references to
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
greed » Misery of
Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
And having cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, he left the place, and went away and hanged himself.
So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Judas
and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up.
But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Achan
I saw among the spoils a beautiful mantle of Shinar, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a golden bar of fifty shekels weight, and I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it.
and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them:
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The jews
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
panting after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turning aside the way of the meek; and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name.
greed » Results of » Disappointment
He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver, nor he that loveth abundance with increase. This also is vanity.
greed » Results of » Family trouble
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
greed » Results of » Apostasy
For the love of money is the root of every evil; which some having aspired after, have wandered from the faith, and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
greed » Results of » Folly
As the partridge sitteth on eggs it hath not laid, so is he that getteth riches and not by right: in the midst of his days shall he leave them, and at his end shall be a fool.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The people of tyre
And Tyre hath built herself a stronghold, and hath heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » balaam
having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness;
greed » Instances of » The descendants of joseph
And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me as inheritance one lot and one portion, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as Jehovah has blessed me hitherto? And Joshua said unto them, If thou art a great people, then get thee up to the wood, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for thee. And the children of Joseph said, The hill-country will not be enough for us; and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, those that are of Beth-shean and its dependent villages, and those that are in the valley of Jizreel. read more.
And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only, but the hill-country shall be thine, as it is a wood, thou shalt cut it down, and its outgoings shall be thine; for thou shalt dispossess the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots; for they are powerful.
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » The masters of the philippian damsel
And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gains was gone, having seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the market before the magistrates;
greed » Avaricious men, examples of » Governor felix
hoping at the same time that money would be given him by Paul: wherefore also he sent for him the oftener and communed with him.
greed » Results of » Misery
Your gold and silver is eaten away, and their canker shall be for a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as fire. Ye have heaped up treasure in the last days.
Home » Family » Hard to bear causes of » greed
He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Judas » greed » Protest » Breaking » Ointment
One of his disciples therefore, Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, who was about to deliver him up, says, Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor? But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it.
Judas » greed » His apostasy
When I was with them I kept them in thy name; those thou hast given me I have guarded, and not one of them has perished, but the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Judas (jude) » Surnamed "iscariot." » greed » By his bargaining to betray jesus for a sum of money
And during supper, the devil having already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon, Iscariote, that he should deliver him up,
Then one of the twelve, he who was called Judas Iscariote, went to the chief priests and said, What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up to you? And they appointed to him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he sought a good opportunity that he might deliver him up.
And Judas Iscariote, one of the twelve, went away to the chief priests that he might deliver him up to them; and they, when they heard it, rejoiced, and promised him to give money. And he sought how he could opportunely deliver him up.
And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariote, being of the number of the twelve. And he went away and spoke with the chief priests and captains as to how he should deliver him up to them. And they were rejoiced, and agreed to give him money. read more.
And he came to an agreement to do it, and sought an opportunity to deliver him up to them away from the crowd.
Repression of evil » Seven evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
Seven » Evils to be repressed » greed
Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust spoils, and where thieves dig through and steal;
worldly Snares » greed
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
Temptation » Special sources of worldly snares » greed
But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and many unwise and hurtful lusts, which plunge men into destruction and ruin.
Topics on Greed
Greed, Believers' Response To
Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse, double in ways, though he be rich.
Greed, Condemnation Of
Psalm 10:3For the wicked boasteth of his soul's desire, and he blesseth the covetous; he contemneth Jehovah.
The Misery Of Greed
Proverbs 1:19So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors.
